BCMTMON(4)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the BCMTMON(4) page — this is all about bcmtmon, the Broadcom BCM2711/BCM2712 temperature monitor. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bcmtmon* at fdt?

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the bcmtmon driver is literally the support for the temperature sensor found on the Broadcom BCM2711/BCM2712 SoC — yes, the one used in the Raspberry Pi 4/5. 🌸

Sensor values are made available through the sysctl(8) interface. That's the whole vibe check: driver support, sensor values, sysctl(8) access. No cap. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• intro(4)
• sensorsd(8)
• sysctl(8)

go peek at these if you want the full lore. 🫶

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

The bcmtmon driver first appeared in OpenBSD 6.8 — slay era debut, honestly. 🎀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The bcmtmon driver was written by Alastair Poole <netstar@gmail.com>. 💌

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kisses bestie — source/version tag: Debian, dated September 15, 2025, manual: BCMTMON(4). 💅